When you reduce gasoline consumption from 400 gallons a year (for an ICE
engine at 30 mpg for 12,000 miles) to *2* galllons per year, you have
reduced your gas consumption to 1/2 of 1% of an ICE. I would say that that
will get you away from gasoline.
-- Larry
engine at 30 mpg for 12,000 miles) to *2* galllons per year, you have
reduced your gas consumption to 1/2 of 1% of an ICE. I would say that that
will get you away from gasoline.
-- Larry
Bob Bath <[email protected]> wrote:
> I still don't see it. Most Leaf customers are purchasing to get _away_
> from gasoline; even for cabin heating. And apparently Nissan went with
> steering wheel heating, cabin ventilation, from what I've heard.
>
> Thinking about converting a gen. 5 ('92-95) Honda Civic? See
> http://home.budget.net/~bbath/CivicWithACord.html for DVD and tons more
> info!
> ____
> __/__|__\__
> =D-------/ - - \
> 'O'-----'O'-'
> Would you still drive your car if the tailpipe came out of the steering
> wheel?
> OR Lic. "LCTRNS"
>
>
> --- On Sat, 3/5/11, Larry Gales <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > From: Larry Gales <[email protected]>
> > Subject: [EVDL] Consumer reports on the Volt vs the Leaf
> > To: "SEVA" <[email protected]>, "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <
> [email protected]>
> > Date: Saturday, March 5, 2011, 2:30 PM
> > The April 2011 Consumer Reports
> > review of the Leaf came out much better
> > than the Volt. But the Consumer report supports
> > something that I have
> > emphasized for a while: that cold weather is a major
> > limitation of pure EVs
> > which could be almost entirely eliminated if manufacturer's
> > would include a
> > small gasoline heater to heat the batteries and the
> > passengers.
> >
> > By my calculations, which I have previously posted in
> > emails to SEVA and
> > EVDL, most people could drive 12,000 miles per year and
> > only consume 2-3
> > gallons of gasoline per year, while eliminating the cold
> > weather problems of
> > EVs. Even in a climate like Michigan, 5-6
> > gallons of gasoline could make
> > the EV function as if it were in San Diego (except for
> > increased rolling
> > resistance if there is snow on the road).
> >
> > This seems like a tiny price to pay to eliminate one of the
> > biggest barriers
> > to the adoption of EVs. I hope that the manufacturers
> > will listen to this.
> >
> > --
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